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Update: we have found that with a multisite with multiblog enabled to share the member list from the parent across all the child sites, code to filter out roles such as “administrator” only work if that user is also added to the child site.

Example:

Does not work in this scenario:

– parent site setup with user “johnadmin” with admin role is hidden on parent site directory
– child site without this user created does not hide him from the site directory

Works in this scenario:

– parent site setup with user “johnadmin” with admin role is hidden on parent site directory
– child site ALSO setup with user “johnadmin” with admin role is hidden on child site directory

For anyone wondering, the code that is partially working for us is below found at buddydev.com. This code has been added to the functions.php in the child site so that we can control what the child site loop shows individually. (example: parent shows everyone, child 1 shows only subscribers, child 2 only shows x, child 3 only shows y, etc.)

Would super appreciate any suggestions thx!

add_filter( 'bp_after_has_members_parse_args', 'buddydev_exclude_users_by_role' );
 
function buddydev_exclude_users_by_role( $args ) {
    //do not exclude in admin
    if( is_admin() && ! defined( 'DOING_AJAX' ) ) {
        return $args;
    }
    
    $excluded = isset( $args['exclude'] )? $args['exclude'] : array();
 
    if( !is_array( $excluded ) ) {
        $excluded = explode(',', $excluded );
    }
    
    //$role = 'administrator';//change to the role to be excluded
    $user_ids =  get_users( array( 'role__in' => ['administrator' , 'contributor' , 'author', 'editor'] ,'fields'=>'ID') );
    
    $excluded = array_merge( $excluded, $user_ids );
    
    $args['exclude'] = $excluded;
    
    return $args;
}

That is the same visibility options that already come with BuddyPress. I need to be able to add the option to choose that the profile is viewable by editors or other member group that comes with wordpress. I don’t want to hide them from being editable by the user, I want to hide them from being seen by other members on when they view another members profile but want them to be seen by more than just admin’s (i.e.) I also need to allow editor’s to be able to see them when viewing a member’s profile.

Isn’t there code somewhere I can just copy and paste as I tried using parts from the above forum post:

I copy and pasted.
https://buddypress.org/support/topic/hide-admin-from-members-and-activity/
If not I guess I won’t be able to fix it without knowing how to code?

The problem is solved. It was because of an old code I used to hide admin. Anyone needs to hide admin can use this link.

I useed the same website with diffrent link on local host it is working fine there is no issue.
But I actaully try to set up the same website again on local differnt link and try to install the buddypress plugin getting errors and not able to uninstall.
Still if you want some information please find below:

Theme -custom theme
php version 7.0.9
Install type single
List of plugins:

Advanced Custom Fields
Advanced Custom Fields: Date and Time Picker
Advanced Custom Fields: Repeater Field
All In One SEO Pack

Breadcrumb NavXT

BuddyPress
Captcha

Contact Form 7
Dephue Data Design Hide Update Notifications – Developer Edition
Limit Login Attempts
Lockdown WP Admin
Login With Ajax
Restrict Categories
Visualizer: Charts and Graphs
WP-Mail-SMTP
WPFront User Role Editor

Host Type: Local

This is the bar and menu I am trying to get rid of:

While this is the bar I’m trying to maintain, but all of these options disappear when I hide the WordPress Admin Bar above:

Thank you but that doesn’t provide me the path the original file I was directed to update where I needed to add the ID numbers. I still need to know where that file lives.

For this new solution, what is the latest “official” complete code I should include in the new bp-custom.php file? The link you provided is asking me to create a new file if it didn’t exist. I did that adding it here in the plugins folder: public_html/wp-content/plugins

Including this code as a starting point:

<?php
// hacks and mods will go here
?>
—————————–
Is the below the correct and complete code to use?

// Remove admin from the member directory
function bpdev_exclude_users($qs=false,$object=false){

$excluded_user=’1′; // Id’s to remove, separated by comma

if($object != ‘members’ && $object != ‘friends’)// hide admin to members & friends
return $qs;

$args=wp_parse_args($qs);

if(!empty($args[‘user_id’]))
return $qs;

if(!empty($args[‘exclude’]))
$args[‘exclude’] = $args[‘exclude’].’,’.$excluded_user;
else
$args[‘exclude’] = $excluded_user;

$qs = build_query($args);

return $qs;

}
add_action(‘bp_ajax_querystring’,’bpdev_exclude_users’,20,2);

// once admin is removed, we must recount the members !
function bpfr_hide_get_total_filter($count){
return $count-1;
}
add_filter(‘bp_get_total_member_count’,’bpfr_hide_get_total_filter’);

Hi Paul

You’ve been a great help!

I managed to find the correct buddypress index file.

If it isn’t too much I would like your help to one last thing.
So i created my div, however i want it to be visible to only the administrator.

I found a code i can use:

<?php
if (current_user_can(‘edit_users’)){
?>
<div class="opretbruger">Opret bruger</div>
<?php
}
?>

however it doesn’t seem to work – it simply hides the div for every user even though my administrator role has the right to edit users. I also tried with ‘administrator’. Am i doing anything wrong?

Thanks for the quick response, but doesn’t seem to be working for me. I created the template overload of profile-loop.php and stored it in wp-content/themes/buddyboss-child/buddypress/bp-templates/bp-legacy/buddypress/members/single/profile. I’ve pasted the entire file below after modification.

I can’t find it now, but there was a thread somewhere that indicated that the following line needed to be changed in bp-xprofile-template.php so was wondering what you thought of that.
$hide_empty_fields_default = ( ! is_network_admin() && ! is_admin() && ! bp_is_user_profile_edit() && ! bp_is_register_page() );

Anyway, here’s my profile-loop.php:
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I found this. May I made a feature enhancement request to add each of these code features to enable a check box in the users section of the admin panel? Having to manually add the ID of new users to hide isn’t practical: https://buddypress.org/support/topic/hide-admin-from-members-and-activity/:

// Remove admin from the member directory
function bpdev_exclude_users($qs=false,$object=false){

$excluded_user=’1′; // Id’s to remove, separated by comma

if($object != ‘members’ && $object != ‘friends’)// hide admin to members & friends
return $qs;

$args=wp_parse_args($qs);

if(!empty($args[‘user_id’]))
return $qs;

if(!empty($args[‘exclude’]))
$args[‘exclude’] = $args[‘exclude’].’,’.$excluded_user;
else
$args[‘exclude’] = $excluded_user;

$qs = build_query($args);

return $qs;

}
add_action(‘bp_ajax_querystring’,’bpdev_exclude_users’,20,2);

// once admin is removed, we must recount the members !
function bpfr_hide_get_total_filter($count){
return $count-1;
}
add_filter(‘bp_get_total_member_count’,’bpfr_hide_get_total_filter’);